BOOK CLUB: We made zines!

"It's nice to be known, I guess?" This book club episode is a liiittle bit different because it is zine month, and in lieu of a book club pick, we tasked ourselves with making our own zines. Today is the day we share them with each other and, of course, with you! From Amy & warfare to imaginary ba…

Episode 39: Stephanie Doyle, Founder of The Conference Planners - Designing Conferences That Create Lasting Impact - Around the School Table by Xuno Suite

In this episode of Around the School Table (xuno.com.au/podcasts), host Steve Davis is joined by Stephanie Doyle, Founder of The Conference Planners (theconferenceplanners.com.au/), to explore how thoughtfully designed conferences can become powerful drivers of professional learning, leadership, an…

Comics are Really Cool: Interview with Georgina Chadderton (George Rex Comics)

This week Amy, Millie and Justina are joined by local Adelaide artist, zine-maker, community organiser and author of the graphic memoir Oh Brother, Georgina Chadderton – aka George Rex Comics. Join us as we chat all about making comics, shifting between zine-making and traditional publishing, inter…

Episode 65 Laila’s Story told by refugee activist author and poet Mij Tanith

In 2023 Afghan single mother Laila was desperate to get herself and her five daughters out of Iran. The chances were slim, but she was willing to try anything.  When she  called an Afghan contact in Adelaide, Mij Tanith was in the room and decided to try and help. What ensued was a growing long dis…

But it is that serious: From Zines to Metamorphoses

Welcome to week two of Zine Month! Today Amy, Justina, and Payton are joined by friends of the pod Gemma Neall and Shona Edwards. These wonderful guests are zine experts AND classicists — just about the coolest cross-section of interests a person could possibly have. So in this episode we make a jo…

An Anti-Capitalist Fun Time: Intro to Zines

New month, new us! This July we’ll be drawing, writing, cutting, pasting, photocopying, folding and talking all things zines and zine-making. To kick off the month, we dove into Justina’s personal zine collection to find the answers to all our burning zine questions. What is a zine? Where do you fi…

BOOK CLUB: Ida by Alison Evans

As we wrap up queer sci-fi month (😔🫶🏼) we get together to chat about our incredible book club pick, IDA by Alison Evans. This book follows Ida, who believes that she can time travel and uses her ability to amend errors in her life. From avoiding car crashes to rewinding conversational hiccups, w…

Episode 38: Paul Matthews - Wise AI and the Future of Human Intelligence - Around the School Table by Xuno Suite

In this episode of Around the School Table (xuno.com.au/podcasts), host Steve Davis is joined by Paul Matthews, Author and Education Consultant at Paul Matthews.ai (paulmatthews.ai), to explore how educators can embrace artificial intelligence without losing the human qualities that make teaching m…

The Gay Audacity of Actively Choosing Hope: Interview with Alison Evans

This episode Amy, Justina & Abby are joined by Alison Evans, author of our June BOTM Ida, as well as a whole host of other queer YA and middle grade speculative fiction, sci-fi and fantasy. Join us as we discuss all things reading and writing queer spec fic, imagining hopeful futures in YA, zine ma…

Episode 37: Dr. Gina Biancarosa - Measuring Reading Growth with DIBELS - Around the School Table by Xuno Suite

In this episode of Around the School Table, produced by Xuno, host Steve Davis is joined by Dr. Gina Biancarosa, Ann Swindells Chair in Education, Professor in the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, and Director of the Center on Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon …